SAP Business Network
	Procurement Collaboration		Learn More
	Feature Name & Description		KT	Demo	Release
	Automatically On
	Allow Suppliers to Add Carbon Emission Data Related to the Network Catalog Products [BNCAT-2027]  Suppliers with an administrator or a product manager role can add carbon emission data related to the network catalog products using the product detail template.		Feature Overview	Demo	2402
	Support Bulk Actions on Network Catalog Products [BNCAT-2191]  Suppliers with a product approver role or an administrator role can reject multiple products that are sent for approval. The products selected for rejection must have the same rejection reason. Also, suppliers with a product manager role or an administrator role can move multiple products from the online version to the staged version of the network catalog.				2402
	Self-Service Account Deletion [NP-36683]  This feature allows users to submit account deletion request after clearing their outstanding payments from company account and associated account(s).				2402
	Support for Document Annotation Within the Guided Onboarding Page of Intelligent Invoice Conversion [NP-38184]  As part of the Intelligent invoice conversion onboarding, the template activation step has been further simplified and the document user interface is within the guided onboarding.		Feature Overview		2402
	Listing Tiles for IIC and PDF Invoice-Based Invoice Conversion on the Workbench [NP-38457]  The current PDF invoice tiles only represents the listing of the invoices converted from PDF files but with the new Intelligent invoice conversion, these tiles have to been extended to image files that represent scanned paper invoices too. To make it consistent and keeping the future to support any invoice format, the current tiles will be changed to Invoice conversion tiles and will be available to both the current PDF Invoice partner solution and for the new Intelligent invoice conversion.		Feature Overview		2402
	Support for Updating Invoice Conversion Templates with Additional Fields [NP-38480]  The intelligent invoice conversion templates are used to annotate available fields for extraction and once activated, these templates can be used to process PDF and scanned paper invoices.		Feature Overview		2402
	Improved Task Experience for Suppliers [NS-24298]  This feature updates existing supplier task management tab with new more intuitive wording and hidden buyer tasks section.				2402
	New SAP Business Network Registration Flow for SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba Sourcing Suppliers [NS-23667] This feature brings an updated network registration experience for responding to supplier management questionnaires and sourcing events. Note: Availability of this feature has been delayed.  It is planned to be available July 22.		Feature Overview	Demo	2402
	Respond To Sourcing Linked Postings [PAY-13780]  Enabling suppliers to respond to postings created by guided sourcing customers.				2402
	Catalog Matching [PAY-17147] This is one of the first initiatives to expand the discovery matching from profile to catalogue. In the future, we will include the keyword/transaction data.				2402
	Retrieve EcoVadis Ratings with EVID [SA-39830]  With this feature, Suppliers need to provide their EVID which is EcoVadis specific to retrieve their ratings from EcoVadis. Previously imported ratings will not be affected.				2402
	Support for Bulk Actions on Staged Network Catalog Products [BNCAT-2498] Suppliers can perform bulk actions on the staged network catalog products, such as publishing products, sending products for approval, and approving products.		Feature Overview	Demo	2405
	Notification Enhancement for Priority Support [NEXTGEN-5948] This feature improves your notification experience by categorizing in-app notifications into three distinct priority levels: Critical, High-Priority, and Normal. The goal is to offer a more streamlined and focused experience by prioritizing and visually distinguishing notifications based on their urgency.				2405
	Introducing the Unified Sign-In (ULP) Experience for Suppliers [NEXTGEN-9883] This feature introduces the unified sign-in experience for suppliers - unified sign-in page (ULP, also known as SAP Business Network login page). ULP allows suppliers to sign in to SAP Business Network with a unified sign-in experience.		Feature Overview	Demo	2405
	Intelligent Invoice Conversion Support for India Specific Invoice PDF Processing [NP-38087] Support for PDF invoice processing in India including the tax mandated invoice data to be sent to buyers using Intelligent invoice conversion on the SAP Business Network		Feature Overview	Demo	2405
	Enhancements to SAP Business Network Trading Partner Registration [NP-42603] This feature introduces enhancements to the registration process of suppliers on SAP Business Network using both walk-up registration and registration using trading relationship request.				2405
	Enhancements to Relationship Management User Interface [NP-45779] This feature introduces the new and simplified user interface to manage relationships on SAP Business Network.		Feature Overview		2405
	Support For United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC) Version 25 in SAP Business Network [PAY-13954] To create a central table/library of latest UNSPSC and all individual application or team who is using USPSC need to consume the library for their needs through API.		Feature Overview		2405
	Taulia Payables Solutions: Accepted discounting offers [PAY-9290] When suppliers accept early payment offers in return for a discount on the Taulia application, Taulia copies the accepted discounting offer to the SAP Business Network. This way suppliers can see the expected payment date and payment amount on the SAP Business Network when checking on the status of an invoice and viewing scheduled payments. When suppliers view remittance advices on the SAP Business Network, suppliers can see that reduction in expected payment amount is the result of the supplier's own action in the Taulia application.		Feature Overview		2405
	Taulia Payables Solutions: Supply Chain Financing Remittance Advices [PAY-9990] When suppliers accept supply chain financing offers on the Taulia application, the Taulia copies the SCF Remittance to the SAP Business Network. This way the supplier can always see the expected payment date and payment amount on the SAP Business Network when checking on the status of an invoice. When suppliers view remittance advices on the SAP business network, suppliers can see that reduction in expected payment amount is the result of the supplier's own action in the Taulia application.		Feature Overview		2405
	Redesigned User Interface for Contact Management [SA-48422] The user interface for managing Contacts within company profiles of trading partners has undergone a comprehensive redesign. This redesign aims to cater to the contact management needs of various user personas and to provide a unified and efficient experience for different personas to effortlessly manage companywide or customer-specific contacts.				2405
	Improved Visibility of Cancelled Component Receipt [SBNI-45] This feature enables you to view the cancelled component receipts of your purchase orders in the Cloud Integration Gateway (CIG) addon inbound flow				2405
	Quality Inspection Material Revision Level [SBNI-146] Suppliers can view the Revision Level on Quality Inspect. This field is sent from Buyers ERP system to Supplier when buyer creates the quality inspection				2405
	Visibility of Inspection Lot Cancellation to Supplier [SBNI-440] The feature enables the supplier to have a visibility when a buyer cancels the inspection lot. When a buyer creates a inspection lot in the buyer ERP, the request is sent to the supplier on SAP Business Network				2405
	Customer Configured
	Purchase Orders Analytics for Suppliers [BCS3-2478] -  With this feature, SAP Business Network offers data analytics on your purchase orders to help you better understand your customers and business. The information is presented in the Purchase Orders Overview view of the new Analytics dashboard in the SAP Business Network user interface for suppliers. Note: Availability of this feature has been delayed. It is planned to be available with the 2408 Release.		Feature Overview	Demo	2402
	Invoices Analytics for Suppliers [BCS3-2488]  With this feature, SAP Business Network offers data analytics on your invoices to help you better understand your customers and business. The information is presented in the Invoices Overview view of the new Analytics dashboard in the SAP Business Network user interface for suppliers. Note: Availability of this feature has been delayed. It is planned to be available with the 2408 Release		Feature Overview	Demo	2402
	Analytics on Purchase Order Items [BCS3-2493]  With this feature, SAP Business Network offers data analytics on your purchase orders and purchased items to help you better understand your customers and business. The information is presented in the Purchase Order Items view of the new Analytics dashboard in the SAP Business Network user interface for suppliers.  Note: Availability of this feature has been delayed. It is planned to be available with the 2408 Release		Feature Overview	Demo	2402
	Peppol Integration for Japan [NG-5329] SAP Business Network now extends Peppol integration for Japan. This feature enables buyers to receive external documents in UBL format from non-SAP Business Network suppliers through the Peppol service. Both the supplier and buyer must be registered users of Peppol. Note: Availability of this feature has been delayed. Please check this page for updates on availability.		Feature Overview		2402
	Support for Nondomestic Suppliers to generate X-Rechnung invoices for Germany [NG-5711] SAP Business Network now supports generation of X-rechnung invoices for suppliers outside of Germany that wish to conduct business transactions with buyers in Germany. When a nondomestic supplier creates an invoice in SAP Business Network, the system generates the X-Rechnung invoice. SAP Business Network then sends the created invoice along with the X-Rechnung invoice to the relevant buyer.				2402
	Support for AI-Generated Product Summary and Description for Network Catalog Products [BNCAT-2497] This feature enables suppliers to generate the product summary and description of a network catalog product using AI. The existing product information such as product name, product description, product summary, manufacturer name, and product category as per UNSPSC category code will be used to generate the product summary and product description. In addition to the existing product information, suppliers can also add more details as prompts to generate AI-enhanced product summary and description. It enables suppliers to better organize the content and improve readability.		Feature Overview	Demo	2405
	Intelligent Invoice Conversion Support for Inbound Email Channel to Receive PDF and Scanned Invoices [NP-38357] Support for inbound email channel to receive PDF and Scanned paper invoices from suppliers for Intelligent invoice conversion on the SAP Business Network		Feature Overview		2405
	Allow suppliers to subscribe to receive a notification when an order is ready to invoice [NP-39498] Suppliers can now subscribe to receive a notification when an order is ready to invoice. Previously, suppliers had to login to SAP Business Network to access the Orders to Invoice tile in the supplier workbench to determine if an order is ready to invoice.  With this feature, suppliers can receive an email notification as soon as an order is ready for invoicing. The email provides a link to the order’s details page so that the supplier can start the invoice creation process from the email.		Feature Overview		2405
	Support for Marking an Invoice Attachment as the Original Invoice [NP-36965] The Create Invoice page now supports assigning one header attachment as the original invoice. To make it easier to identify the original invoice, an Assign as original invoice button is available for one of the attachments.		Feature Overview		2405
	Enhanced Responses to Discovery Postings Using Generative AI [PAY-18057] With the help of Gen AI response generation, suppliers will be able to respond to RFIs in a timely manner, even when dealing with complex and detailed requests. Using Gen AI for RFI response can help suppliers reduce costs associated with manual labor and resource allocation. Gen AI generated RFI response reduces the likelihood of errors or omissions. Gen AI generated RFI responses are grammatically correct and consistently written.		Feature Overview		2405

 

	Supply Chain Collaboration		Learn More
	Feature Name & Description		KT	Demo	Release
	Automatically On
	Supplier Email Notifications for Buyer Planning Collaboration Updates [CSC-39638]   This feature adds supplier email notifications when buyers make planning collaboration updates. These notifications help suppliers be more responsive to their buyers. Prior to this feature, suppliers could only find out about the planning collaboration updates that their buyers made by checking in SAP Business Network.		Feature Overview	Demo	2402
	Quality Collaboration Changes [CSC-40349] This feature makes enhancements to quality inspections and quality notifications. For quality inspections, these enhancements include a new field for suppliers to input comments about their results, improved filters, and others. For quality notifications, the user details for the supplier who made the updates are added when the supplier submits a quality notification in SAP Business Network.				2402
	Sort Planning Records by Projected Stock Status [CSC-39639] This feature allows suppliers to create Upload/Download jobs for Inventory and Replenishment process types where the planning records are listed in order of how critical their projected stock situation is for future time buckets. Viewing the planning records in this order helps suppliers quickly identify which planning records to address first.		Feature Overview	Demo	2405
	Support for Classic and Standard Audit Logs [CSC-42570] This feature reinstates access to classic audit logs by adding a submenu you can use to choose between classic (legacy) and standard (Intelligent Configuration Manager) audit logs.				2405
	Customer Configured
	Improve Supplier Visibility of Purchase Order Line Items Deleted by Buyers [CSC-34486] This feature improves visibility for suppliers when buyers delete line items in regular purchase orders. When buyers delete line items, SAP Business Network prevents suppliers from submitting documents (order confirmations, ship notices, service entry sheets, invoices, and others) against these line items. Prior to this feature, SAP Business Network prevented suppliers from submitting documents against deleted line items, but suppliers did not know if line items were deleted or blocked. Suppliers also needed to implement their own logic if they wanted to determine which line items were deleted in purchase orders.		Feature Overview		2405

 

 

This information reflects the status of SAP Procurement and SAP Business Network planning as of July 2023 and the features discussed are subject to change at any time without notice.  SAP assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions and nothing in this web page should be construed to represent any commitment by SAP to include any specific new features in any version of the SAP solutions. Please contact your Customer Engagement Executive for additional details.

 

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